A few months after her release from prison, Miriam Thompson is now heading back.

Thompson was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to obtaining a passport by fraudulent means, uttering a forged document and making a false declaration in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

False name

The court heard that Thompson was on her way to Barbados and presented immigration officials with a passport in the name Paulette Bailey. She was, however, searched and an identification card bearing her true name was found. She was arrested and charged.

Thomspon said she purchased the passport from a man. After some probing from the Senior Resident Magistrate, she revealed that her true passport was in the possession of the Narcotics Division. She said she was sentenced to a six-month term last year after being found guilty of attempting to export drugs. She said she spent her time at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.

Thompson told the court that she was going to Barbados to visit a friend, who bought her a ticket and sent her to the man who sold her the passport.

Senior RM Glen Brown asked the accused if her previous six-month sentence did not satisfy her. She was then sentenced to six months' imprisonment at hard labour.